As Israel continued its “Gaza model” of mass slaughter and expanding occupation in Lebanon, its security minister said the “whole cabinet” opposed ending the war on Iran, Stephen Prager reports.
The bilateral guardrails erected in Beijing last week may buy time, but they do not fix global governance institutions drifting toward a rupture that historically has preceded systemic collapse, writes Tatiana Carayannis.
More than 15 nations, including Italy, France and Canada, have summoned Israeli ambassadors over the “unacceptable” treatment of the Global Sumud Flotilla participants, 87 of whom have reportedly gone on a hunger strike, Brett Wilkins reports.
Well into our 31st year of publication, Consortium News has its readers to thank for keeping the news organization launched by legendary journalist Robert Parry alive in a time of increasing deception and peril.
Kuwait has arrested a fearless Palestinian-American reporter for doing his job and is threatening to imprison him under a set of new and harsh national security laws.
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a choke point for the world economy, with the gravest consequences falling not on the powerful but on the poorer nations of the Global South.
Chris Hedges and Ahmed Eldin discuss the propagandistic purpose that corporate media serves in the age of the American-Israeli project of genocidal colonialism.
Channel 4’s documentary dissecting the proscription of Palestine Action revealed the impetus behind it was to protect pro-Israel and pro-arms interests, but it still engaged in pro-Israel narrative traps.
Declassified UK reporter John McEvoy was among the journalists probed by a PR company hired by Labour Together, which has ties to the top of the U.K. government, Phil Miller reports.
In 2024, there were 304 million — mostly economic — migrants. Thousands die or disappear in transit. Creating dignified employment in the poorer nations is the primary answer.